Bowmer & Kirkland has been selected to construct the leisure buildings at the new Center Parcs in Woburn Forest that will create thousands of new jobs in the trades.

Work will begin this month and is expected to take 72 weeks – with completion in spring 2014.

The build will provide employment for 1,200 construction workers in the run up to opening in spring 2013, when an additional 1,500 jobs will be created.

The £93m contract includes construction of the buildings for the Subtropical Swimming Paradise, restaurants, spa, 75-bedroom hotel, sports hall, conference spaces, supermarket and other associated buildings.

The project builds on an existing relationship between Center Parcs and Bowmer & Kirkland, which has completed a number of refurbishments at Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.

Bowmer & Kirkland Construction Director, Paul Lomas, said: “This latest award by Center Parcs for a fifth UK village is fantastic news for us. We are proud to be associated with Center Parcs and this will enhance our already impressive record in the leisure sector.”

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Part-funded by the Lawn Tennis Association and Sport England West Midlands, the centre provides four indoor courts for use by students, staff, county tennis players, as well as the general public. Located on the University’s Westwood Campus, the centre is the first of its kind in Coventry and Warwickshire to offer access to the public without having to take up a membership. A reception area, a spectator gallery, offices and changing facilities complement the excellent court facilities. Built at a cost of £2.5m, the building was designed by architects, Berman Guedes Stretton, with the electrical design carried out by Gary Price in the University’s estates office.

“We’ve used a lot of RIDI luminaires around the university campus so I had no hesitation in choosing the ABR-SPORT for the indoor tennis centre,” he says. “The sleek look of the luminaire fits in comfortably with the interior of the centre and the specification and performance is perfectly suited to the requirements of indoor tennis.”

The ABR-SPORT is fitted with a specially manufactured white steel reinforced, crossblade louvre that complies with DIN 18032 Part3 – a German sports hall lighting standard for which there is no UK equivalent. This standard includes full ball impact testing to destruction and making it the perfect solution for indoor racket sports and ball games. Positioned to achieve optimum light levels over the courts, the luminaires are installed in suspended and cambered runs between the courts using RIDI’s TRAS purpose made trunking system.   

Manufactured at RIDI’s headquarters in Germany, the ABR-SPORT range is manufactured from steel and has a high-grade scratchproof white paint finish. Kits are available for a dedicated pre-wired trunking system that can be cambered to suit particular sport applications. All variations are supplied complete with integral high-frequency control gear with the option of a 3-hour integral emergency facility.

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Part-funded by the Lawn Tennis Association and Sport England West Midlands, the centre provides four indoor courts for use by students, staff, county tennis players, as well as the general public. Located on the University’s Westwood Campus, the centre is the first of its kind in Coventry and Warwickshire to offer access to the public without having to take up a membership. A reception area, a spectator gallery, offices and changing facilities complement the excellent court facilities. Built at a cost of £2.5m, the building was designed by architects, Berman Guedes Stretton, with the electrical design carried out by Gary Price in the University’s estates office.

“We’ve used a lot of RIDI luminaires around the university campus so I had no hesitation in choosing the ABR-SPORT for the indoor tennis centre,” he says. “The sleek look of the luminaire fits in comfortably with the interior of the centre and the specification and performance is perfectly suited to the requirements of indoor tennis.”

The ABR-SPORT is fitted with a specially manufactured white steel reinforced, crossblade louvre that complies with DIN 18032 Part3 – a German sports hall lighting standard for which there is no UK equivalent. This standard includes full ball impact testing to destruction and making it the perfect solution for indoor racket sports and ball games. Positioned to achieve optimum light levels over the courts, the luminaires are installed in suspended and cambered runs between the courts using RIDI’s TRAS purpose made trunking system.   

Manufactured at RIDI’s headquarters in Germany, the ABR-SPORT range is manufactured from steel and has a high-grade scratchproof white paint finish. Kits are available for a dedicated pre-wired trunking system that can be cambered to suit particular sport applications. All variations are supplied complete with integral high-frequency control gear with the option of a 3-hour integral emergency facility.

http://www.ridi.co.uk/